Do you believe in a God who sends good, decent people to hell just because they are not believers?

Answer 1

No way!! I flat out refuse to beleve in a God who sends people to hell just for having a different way of looking at the world. I would never follow something or someone like that.

Answer 2

I don't believe in the man-made concept that God sends people to an eternity of fire and torture for a few years on Earth. This was invented by religious leaders in order to "scare" people into religion.
The Bible does talk about when a person dies, they neither have memories nor feelings. The dead no nothing at all. It's like a deep sleep. One would have no concept of the passage of time. Heck, people that died do not even know that they died.
So, the only hope the dead have is in the resurrection sometime in the future. As for the word, Hell or Hades, this comes from an old Germanic word, Hoelle, which means, the common grave of mankind. Not some fiery place.
As for the Lake of Fire in Revelations, it's said that God will throw death and Hades into the Lake of Fire. You see, fire was symbolic to mean total destruction. By throwing, death and Hades into this fire means that God will do away with dying and the need for graves in the future. So, no more death during those times. Cool, huh?

Answer 3

I believe that God will give everyone the chance to know the whole truth at its own time and depending of the behavior of the person will be his reward or demnation, hell is not a place it is the spiritual consecuence of parting ways with God and it is in you if you choose to do the wrong.

Answer 4

Good people have nothing to worry about. Of course Jesus said, "No one is good but God alone". But hey that was back then. Maybe people are better now. What do you think? Are you a "good" person?

Ec 7:20 "There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins."

Answer 5

bluntly yes, because I was one of those that I thought was good and decent until I looked deeply into the holiness of God, and saw how far short I fell. ALL have sinned and fall short of His glory- and the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT OF GOD is eternal life is Jesus Christ His Son. We have a choice if we will be in hell or heaven. Even the best person you know, falls short- when I was a teenager, I would be called "that perfect girl"- no I was far from that when I finally saw the Lord.

Answer 6

God is kind and loving. He will not send people to hell unless that is where He thinks they belong. God will not make a mistake. He knows you better than you know yourself.

Answer 7

Jesus Christ said:
John 14:1-4
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
You know the way to the place where I am going."

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

Answer 8

I believe in a God who loved us enough to send His son to die for sinners so that they wouldn't have to go to hell.

Answer 9

What a cruel and petty God they worship but alas, just one of many.

Answer 10

My belief in God isn't dependant on what I think God should be, but rather what He is.